Biological and Life Sciences: Databases

Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant that is widely used as a model organism in plant biology. This site archives bases sequenced by a collection of labs around the world. This database is searchable by genetic markers, clones, etc. It also has links to analyze proteins as well as rules for naming a gene.

Containing biodiversity literature on Southeast Asia, BLSEA aims to make the literature available to a global audience through open access principles. It comprises of biodiversity materials from Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) and the NUS Libraries.

BIOSIS Previews (1985-) indexes life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more. Items indexed are journals, meetings, patents, and books.

With millions of digitized plant specimens contributed by partner herbaria, JSTOR Global Plants aids studies in botany, ecology and conservation. Other materials available in this database and its sub-collections include illustrations, photographs as well as collectors’ correspondence and diaries.

This is a collaborated project by various institutions including Yale-NUS College, NUS Asia Research Institute, NUS Libraries, Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Singapore Botanic Gardens and National Library Board. It explores the history of non-native flora and fauna in Singapore through databases, interactive geovisualisations, digitised species records and narrative studies.

Zoological Record is a taxonomic reference and database of animal biology. It covers animal biology and biodiversity issues. This database helps researchers to keep up on all aspects of animal biology and biodiversity issues, determine the first appearance of an animal name or new species and track taxonomic and nomenclatural changes. The database offers a comprehensive search functionality with the help of the thesauri which includes subject, geographical, paleontological and taxonomic classifier.

A biomedical database that retrieves literature related to drug events, drug efficacy studies, medical device and disease-related biomedical research information.

Contains a spectrum of lectures, seminar-style talks and case studies pertaining to topics in the realm of Biomedical & Life Sciences.

A free database service provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.

Scifinder-n provides an integrated information access to references, substances, reactions and suppliers in chemistry and related fields. It is embedded with PatentPak, Synthetic Methods and Retrosynthesis planning.

CAS Analytical Methods (formerly known as MethodsNow) is a single source for searching and comparing the latest published scientific methods. It features step-by-step instructions that you can take right to the lab in areas like pharmacology, HPLC, food analysis, natural product isolation analysis and water analysis. It is a curated collection of methods covering emerging science in both analytical and synthetic chemistry.

Formulus® is a comprehensive formulations databases. It delivers the world's largest collection of formulations from journals, patents, and product inserts, and includes detailed supplier specifications and regulatory resources. Formulus enables scientists to understand a formulation’s effectiveness with quick access to the best information for active ingredients and excipients. Formulus helps formulators evaluate ingredients, find alternative suppliers, and explore regulatory requirements in one easy interface. The level of searchability allows users to wade through all the literature more effectively to get relevant information.